Michigan legislature restores death penalty for murder
Michigan lawmakers vote 17 to 10 to re establish the death penalty for murder, removing the referendum clause and sending the Lennon electric chair bill to Governor Elmo. The bill’s fate rests on the governor's decision within ten days as critics fear a loaded political battle ahead.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Senate
Ah House
House
Senate
Peter GB. Lennon
Genessee
Arthur
George M. Condon
Senate Judiciary Committee
Herbert J. Rushton
Escanaba
Tony Achard
Clare
State Fair Board
Rushton
Achard
Administration
Atwood
Binning
Braison
Campbell
Conlon
Gansser
Howell
Lennon
O'Connell
Richardson
Sink
Stevens
Turney
van Eenanaam
Wood
Woodrutt
Honoring memory of Horace Mann in Franklin
Franklin honors Horace Mann known as the father of American public schools with a granite bronze marker on the birthplace site. Mann born 1798 in Franklin founded the first U S normal school in Lexington and held roles as state legislator congressman and college president in American education.
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Franklin
Mass
U.P
Horace Mann
American Free Public Schools
Mann
Alann
United States
Lexington
Themther
Congress
Bass Lake Isle Drift Stuns Local Cottagers
Bass Lake near Alma features a floating island that drifted after storms. The improvised island, 76 feet from the north shore, now sits near Karl Adams's cottage with 16 trees and no buildings. Residents wonder if it marks the former log raft.
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Alma
Bass Lake
Karl Adams
Lindbergh Romance Rumors Stir Gotham City
New York rumors swirl that Anne Mor row and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh may wed in Paris next month. They have sparked speculation about possible ceremony sites including North Haven Maine and Englewood New Jersey as the couple remains unconfirmed. Lindbergh visited the Mor row estate with his fiancée and a police guard at Englewood while his airplane sits fueled for a possible Mitchell Field takeoff.
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New York
A.R
Anne Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
North Haven
Englewood
N. J
Lindbergh
Morrow Estate
Airport Land Once Owned by Lindbergh Sr Considered for Municipal Airport
In Liberty New York on May 4 a plot of land once owned by Representative Chiles Lindbergh father of the famed aviator is under consideration as a site for a new municipal airport. The elder Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh along with Howard Bell bought and sold property in Liberty Rockland and Neversink and land on Reventh Hill is being surveyed for the airport via affidavits from the Lindberghs.
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Liberty
U.P
Chiles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Bvargeline Lindbergh
Howard B. Bell
Rockland
Neversink
Minnesota
Reventh Hill
The
Lindberghs
Wreck Sighted on Lake Huron After Gale
Unidentified freight steamer presumed lost with crew in Thursday night storm. Wreckage sighted about two miles northeast of Thunder Bay by the steamer Renvoyle, which alerted Tobermory. Communication with coast guard stations was disrupted. searches continue by Marine men at Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie.
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Detroit
Lake Huron
Thunder Day
Renvoyle
Tobermory
Coast Guard
Thunder Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
Renvovyle
Alpena
Lower Peninsula
Detroi
White Fish Bay
White Fish’ Point
C. Russell
Superior
Alma budget proposal for 1925 to 1930 totals 114000
Alma Michigan brief reports City Manager J Donald Sullivan presented to the city Commission a proposed 1925–30 budget totaling 114 500 dollars to be raised by taxation. Of this amount 9 875 covers contract payments 9 325 funds improvements and 3 600 defrays a deficit in the East Superior street improvement fund of 1928 29.
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Alma
J. Donald Sullivan
East Superior
Michigan blossoms festival opens at St Joseph Monday
Thousands of visitors from Michigan Indiana Illinois Ohio and Wisconsin expected for the seventh annual blossom festival opening Monday in St Joseph Michigan The coronation of Lillian Shepard as blossom queen and queen s ball are planned for Monday The airport dedication with US planes co operating occurs Tuesday and Wednesday The blossom pageant is set for Wednesday in Benton Harbor and a carnival Thursday night A music festival Friday features bands orchestras and glee clubs from area high schools with concerts at Fitrup field and Naval Reserve Armory Benton Harbor
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St. Joseph
Mich
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
Lillian
Shepard
Benton Harbor
United States
Fitstrup Field
Naval Reserve Armory
Benton Hortson
Five Wore-Die as Rioting Continues in Berlin
Berlin police encircled the Neukölln and Wedding districts with barbed wire and armored cars to quell communist unrest. In the last 24 hours five more people died, bringing total casualties to 21 dead and about 200 wounded since Wednesday. Police opened fire on balconies and streets, with orders to shoot unannounced at any light or opened windows in the restricted zones. Reinforcements arrived with rifles and grenades as curfews and strict controls took effect at nightfall.
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Berlin
Neukoell
Neukoclni
Wedding
Sinclair's Jail Sentence Caps Adventurous Career
Harry S. Sinclair faces serving one of two jail sentences in Washington as his rise from a Kansas drug store clerk to a principal oil magnate nears a climax. From $5,000 insurance funds to $100 million in two decades, he built a vast empire, with interests in horse racing and baseball and ties to James Fall era scandals.
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Herbert Little
United Press
Washington
Harry S. Sinclair
Little
Kansas
Albert B. Fall
Harry Ford Sinclair
Indepentence
University of
Sinclair
Mid-Continent
Oklahoma
Bartlesville
Elizabeth Farrell
Independence
Standard Oil Company
Atlantic
Wilbur Issues Orders on Oil and Gas Permits
May 4 Washington Sec retary Wilbur issued an order allowing permits to prospect for oil and gas where clear geological surveys exist, subject to extension if permits already issued or pending show substantial efforts. An Interior Department committee advised this equity basis for permits within a six mile square area pending March 12, 1929.
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Washington
Wilbur
Interior Department
Hoover
Lady Astor Faces Two Election Foes in Plymouth and Teignmouth
London May 4 Lady Astor the first woman in Parliament will face two rivals in the next election Liberal Thomas Henry Aggett of Teignmouth and Labor William Westwood of Plymouth South. Westwood, 48, formerly Scottish Labor Party secretary, contested Berth in 1922. Aggett, 36, leader of Teignmouth Liberal Youth, seeks the seat.
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London
Lady Astor
William Westwood
Dundee
Sottom
Plymouth
Thomas Henry Aggett
Teignmouth
Tinmouth
Aggett
League of Young Liberals
Ty Printser
Westwood
Scottish Labor Party
House of Dominions
Ste
Dicllave
Lady Aston
New Michigan Highway Maps Distributed Next Week
Lansing May 4 announced by the highway department that updated road maps showing federal and state highways and principal county roads in new types will be ready for distribution next Monday.
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Lansing
State Highway Department
J Hop At High School Tonight
The annual J Hop at the high school gymnasium will be held tonight under the Junior class director. A futuristic motif decorates the event with alumni students and teachers expected to attend and a six piece orchestra providing music.
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Misa
Geraldine Brode
Robert Northway
L. C. Wendt
G. D. Myskens
Z. J. Grambau
Dams Burst Across New England Flood Threat Looms
In New Hampshire two dams failed causing massive floods, wiping out Kidderville and damaging Colebrook as hundreds were endangered. Residents fled to high ground with no fatalities reported, while rivers rose threatening Maine and Vermont.
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Boston
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Dixville Notch
N. H
Mohock River
Kidderville
Colebrook
Green Places Signature to Crime Gode Bill
Governor Fred W. Green signed the Cuthbertson minor bill raising penalties for boot leggers with a one to four year minimum and fines up to two thousand dollars. The action also repealed life for a pint provisions in the habitual criminal act and includes Jones law discretionary powers for minor violators.
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Lansing
Ul.p
Fred. W. Green
Cuthbertson
Passenger Steamer City of Buffalo Adrift on Lake Erie
The City of Buffalo, a Cleveland Buffalo Transit passenger steamer, drifted on Lake Erie from noon Friday until 8 80 p.m. Friday night. The captain reported the vessel out of danger after a period of peril.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
City of Buffalo
Cleveland-Buffalo Transit Company
Rotary Orator Contest Set For Monday at Mt Pleasant
Local Rotary Club will hold the annual oratorical contest at the Park Hotel on May 6 at 6 30 p.m. Contestants from Central Michigan Teachers College include Ruth Isbell Rachael Myers Trene ter Eldon Robbins and Geo Comway. Topic centered on international good will with prizes totaling 50 and three judges evaluating both content and delivery.
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Ocal
Mt. Pleasant
Park Hotel
Central
Teachers College
Ruth ‘Isbell
Rachael Myers
Miss Treneter
Eldon Robbins
Geo Comway
Spee English
Michigan Hig School Oratorical Association
Rotary Club
Rotary
Busness
Sservice
Bootlegger Pleas Mercy For Failure In Business
South Bend Ind May 4 U P Boring Allen arraigned in Superior Court before Judge Ork R Deaklon on a prohibition violation charge He cried I didn t make a dime at it He is a crying example for the unsuccessful bootlegger Sentencing deferred pending investigation and possible probation decision
Rescuer Helps Same Boat Capsize Again at Lake Quinsigamond
In Worcester Massachusetts Buckall Johnson rescued J W Crandell after Crandell's motorboat capsized on Lake Quinsigamond last year. Recently Crandell's boat capsized again near the same spot and Johnson, in another boat, pulled him from the water.
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Worcester
Mass
Lake Quinsigamond
Buckall Johnson
J. W. Crandell
Crandell
Johnson
Health official flags rare spring disease lull in Knoxville
Knoxville Deputy Health Officer Enneis reports influenza epidemics followed by a period of unusually good health with near absence of measles whooping cough mumps chicken pox and other childhood ailments in Knoxville. In Cleveland students dodge class for aviation trips with Ford airport interest and pilot license aims. an aviation group forms at the Technology School.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Enneis
Cleveland
U.R
CG. A. School of Technology
Detroit
Ford
Auction Sale at Clare Dover Area by A J Lawson
Auction sales set for Tuesday May 7 at residence described as miles north and 1 2 mile east of Clare or 1 2 mile west of Dover. Items include horses cattle and a good list of implements and feed. Sale starts at 12 30. Thos Groves auto forcer. Sale list appears on one page in this issue.
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A. J. Lawson
Clare
Dover
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Green
Condon
Cowan
Heidkamp
Tankowski
Leland Aprer
Person
Skintem
Horace ‘Mann
Gotham
Lindy
Lindbergh, Sr
Columbus
Pontiac
Irene Traux
Truax
Soda Mountain
Commons
J-Hop
New England
Erie
NGS
Ceaf
Busines
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